| Berhard Eunom Philippi | |
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Bernhard Philippi at the left |
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| Born | September 19, 1811 Charlottenburg, Germany |
| Died | September 6, 1852 (aged 41) Punta Arenas, Chile |
Berhard Eunom Philippi (Charlottenburg, 1811 - † 1852) was a German naturalist, explorer and colonization agent for Chile.
His father was John Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi and his mother Mary Anne Krumwiede. In 1818 the family moved to Switzerland, where Rodolph and his brother Bernard entered the school of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Another of his brothers was Federico Philippi where he studied natural sciences and languages. He continued his education at the Technical College of Berlin between 1822 and 1830. Nautical studied on a fellowship at the port of Danzig from 1831 to 1835.
Philippi definitively settled in Chile in 1838, in Ancud, from where he explored the south of the country. Was related to the civil authorities and began pushing the idea of German colonization in Chile.[1] On August 27 of 1848 he was assigned as colonization agent by the republic of Chile and moved to Europe to search for immigrants. In 1851 his brother, the paleontologist and zoologist Rodolfo Armando Philippi, settled in Santiago after an invitation from him. By 1852 he was appointed as governor of Magallanes Region.
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